Legendary venue The Ivy could be joining the restaurant scene in Cardiff.

The team behind the world-famous luxury restaurant in London have applied to Cardiff Council for a new eaterie in The Hayes, Cardiff.

I took a photo of this planning application laminate today and was about to post it! Should be interesting to see if this will get granted... With 2 empty A3 units across the road, I hope the council decide to decline and keep this unit as A1.

Many potential customers will make a decision about going in based on how the place looks and if it's busy. it's a big commitment to walk up a couple of flights of stairs blind.

The Burger & Lobster unit is also huge which makes it expensive and too big for many operator's requirements.

It's easy to forget that the old Burger and Lobster unit is empty, it's hardly visable from the Hayes. It's going to need a big well known chain to make that successful.

Good news on the Ivy collection. Anything thats not another Harvester, Nandos, TGI etc is good in my books.

So that unit needs a "big well known chain" but anything that has mass-market appeal isn't welcome. You seem to be contradicting yourself. Drinking too many Limited Edition Artisan Irony Brews is obviously affecting your thinking.

The best option for the Burger and Lobster unit might be a small food court for independent oprators. A lot of places like that have sprung up in London recently and we have a lot of street food vendors that might be interested in that sort of venture.